Some 'old guard' authors are joining forces in a letter criticizing Amazon, even as a cluster of self-published authors is rallying around Amazon, charging that traditional publishers like Hachette mistreat authors and readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eric Ligman, Microsoft Senior Sales Excellence Manager, has released a whole new batch of free ebooks, covering topics such as Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows 7, Office 2013 and Office 365, Azure, Lync 2013, and SQL Server. There are ebooks and resource guides for all things Microsoft. For the past... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
In pre-Kindle days I once weighed myself down with more than dozen books after spending half a day in Powell's "city of books" in Portland, Oregon.People still enjoy cruising the miles of shelves in that wonderful monument to the era of print. By contrast, readers have been deserting the print... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has launched a redesigned website that features a direct sales component. Through the website the publisher has, for the first time, the ability to sell print books directly to consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stay up to date on all the latest news coming out of San Diego Comic Con 2014 with Publishers Weekly—daily updates, podcasts and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some 'old guard' authors are joining forces in a letter criticizing Amazon, even as a cluster of self-published authors is rallying around Amazon, charging that traditional publishers like Hachette mistreat authors and readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
After I recommended My Struggle to a friend, she texted, “What if a woman wrote it?” I wrote back, “or an American?” and I began to wonder what would happen if the literary sensation were written not by the handsome Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard but by Carla Olivia Krauss of Cobble Hill,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five-year-old Lydia Port-Burke has self-published a fairy tale now available in the UK. Proceeds for the book will go to BBC Children in Need. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate has signed a debut novel from the c.e.o. of The Book People, Seni Glaister. Clare... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling has written a new piece about a thirty-something Harry Potter and his friends at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oceano, one of the largest Spanish-language publishers, has finally launched a line of ebook titles out of its Mexico subsidiary aimed at Latin America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rachel Held Evans has long had an issue with the typical evangelical Christian interpretation of Proverbs 31, believing that paean of biblical womanhood has reduced generations of Christian women to shame, despair, and fatigue. But instead of trying to fight the ideal of womanhood set forth in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers can now apply for aid to prevent homelessness and to pay for funeral costs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a filing with the Second Circuit last week, Google defended its practice of displaying snippets in Google Book Search. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alejandro Jodorowsky's film 'The Dance of Reality' is based on his unorthodox autobiography; Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham offer imperfectly wise stories and parables Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google's private programmatic exchanges can now book premium ad space like mastheads for brands. It is working with ABC to promote the new show Rising Star using an exchange that only places ads in prominent positions, ones that are not typically associated with automated buying. "This exchange... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Copies of the Sudanese daily newspaper Al-Tayyar were confiscated by the country's security service on Saturday (5 July).The privately owned newspaper had only been allowed to resume publication last month after it was suspended in June 2012 for publishing a series of investigative articles on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chipping Norton Literary Festival is to split its profits with authors in lieu of paying... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Hong Kong Book Fair, now in its 25th year, remains firmly focused on the Chinese-language titles, but has begun to add professional elements and global authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ann Bisselll has been made publicity director at HarperFiction. Bissell was previously PR... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]